Mechanism for exhibiting illustrations of talking-machine records.



H. SEEMAN N. MECHANISM FOR EXHIBITING ILLUSTRATIONS 0F TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19,1912.

Patented June 30, 1914.

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MFA 5555 H. SBBMANN. MECHANISM FOR EXHIBITING ILLUSTRATIONS 0F TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, 1912 1,1 01,760. Patented June 30, 19m

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nmrmr SEEMANN, or es pnmrnonmm MECHANISM FOH- 'EKKIBIEING ILLUBWTIONi GVKACHINE .RECORDS,

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Patented June 30, 1914.

, To all whom it cant-em:

Be it known that L1HENRY SnEp ANN, a citinen otthe-United States, residing at hos -A-nge1es,.-i1n the uounty o.Los Angeles flind- State of l nlitornia, .bave invented a neivfand useful Improvement in Mechanism for Exhibitinglllustrmtions of Talk ng-Ma chine Records, of which thetollow ng 1s a specification.

- My-invention relates to devicesforthrowtion with the. operationot a talking ma.- hine, and my object is to provide a pompaot device that will, in ooiiperaition with the revolving efn the reoorddisk of .a talking machine, automatically-move a series of. film pictures into out of the tocus oi arlens, Lattain this fob eot by meansof the mechanism illustrated in the a'cownpanying draw? ings, in which? Figure 1 is a-perspeotive-view of my. ap-

al'atu's. Fig. 2 is aplan view of .mydevice. ig. 3. is. a perspeotive View of the slide frame; Fig. 4 is a frontv alev-aitiontof the film holder. Fig. 5 is a. front-elevation of the holder blank,

In Fig. 1,1 is a box, 2 slide ways, 3 lens posts, 4, 5 and 6 spacing sleeves on the posts, 7 collars, 8 set screws, ,9 light holder, 10 light holder posts, 11 and 12 lenses, 13 perforated topfor case; 14 perforations, 15 slots, 16 dogs, 17 slide frame; 18-braces 18' grooves, 19 lugs, 20 film holder, 21:braoes, 22 film,

HEB-worm shaft, 24 universal joint, 25 tele' scoping shaft, 26 set screw, .27 friction wheel shaft,.28 grooves in the shaft, 29, friction whee-1,30 friction tire, 31, friction disk 32, 33 and34 ginoovedtracks indisk, 35'tubular post, .36 spring post,.37 spring, 38 journal, 39 set screw, 40 talking machine, 41 talk:

. ing machine disk. In the other figures the same characters refer to the same parts, and

in Fig. 2, 42 is a pivoted swivel'plate 43 the-pivot, 44,."15 arms on the plate, 46 a spring-connecting the dogs 16, 47 a pinion gear, 48 gear'hub, 49 pivotal screws,- 49- a pin,-.50 worm, 51, 52 journal standards, 53 objective lens, 54 view opening, In Fig. -'3, 55 is the-base ofthe slide frame, 56 slots, 5.7 lugs, 58 projecting top piece. In Fig.4, 59*is the folded sides of the film=h0lder, 60 the folded bottom, 61., thefolded top, 62 braces, ,63 the film.-- InEig. 5, .64is, the unfolded side of the film holder and 65 cuts for lugs, 65 is a cut out portion for a recess,"

- andlQ is the recess-formed from the out.

imdot any nmterial. suitable forv the purpose for which it is used. At its back are se ured itbevertical slide ways 2 each side .1; the opening 54. Qutside. of each. of the slldeways are secured to the boxbaok the four horizontal posts 3 having sockets bored in their outermost ends. On these posts are mon hly fitted tliesleeves 4, 5 and .6 and the collars 7. prov1ded with the .set screws 8. The l ght ,holder 9 has the lugs 10. Which fit nto-the sockets in .the ends. of the posts 3, The bondensinglenses 11 and 12 .nre held in place against. the posts 3 by means of the sleeves 4, 5. and '6 and .the collar 7. =The cover; 13 is made with its two ends bent over to fit over the edge 'of the top of the box 1 and has the perforations 14 in it. On each s de of theback, at the bottom of the box, one .fomie'd the. slots 15, through which the dogs l6..are-iax1lapted to project. The slide frame 17. has thecross bars or "braces 18 to strengtbenit, and its sides are formed into the grooves 18, and its base 55 is flat and has. formed on its sides the slots 56 and the l 57, and on its top the flat piece having 'thesi e. projection 58. On the outer edge oft p 61 is open to admit the film 63.

In the box 1 is the objective lens 53 through .lts front end in line with the opening 54.

On the bottom of the box is pivoted by the pivot 43 the swivel plate 42 on the front end of which is formed the arms 44 and 45. Pivoted to its front end at each corner are the dogs 16 held normally in a parallel direction with the sides of the box by the connect: ing spring 46. These dogs project through the slot 15, Between the arms 44 and 45, is pivoted, to. the bottom of the box 1, the pinion car 47 by the pivot 49, havingthe hub 48 ormed on its under side. From the side of the hub 48 projects the trip pin-49' adapted to engage t e arms 44 and 45 as the gear revolves. Journaled in the standards 51 and 52 isthe worm 50 adapted to engage the gear 47. The shaft 23 of the worm lot passes throughtheside of the box and is' connected with the telescopic shaft25 by the friction tire 30, has the rigid shaft 27 on both sides. The shaft on one side is adapted to slide into the telescopic shaft 25 and to be held there by means of the set screw 26. On the opposite side of the friction wheel the shaft has formed on it the grooves 28. The friction disk 31 is made of considerable weight. and of a size to fit into the plain center of a phonographic disk recort. In the bottom of the friction disk is formed a Cell tral hole, not shown, and running up into the stem 35 on top of the friction disk. In the top of this hollow stem 35 is seated the resilient journal plug "9, the spring 37 holding the plug resiliently to its seat. Through the lug 36 is bored the bearing 38 and in this wearing is journaled the grooved end of the friction wheel shaftv and the set screw 39 is screwed down to engage one of the grooves, thus holding the friction wheel in one position. On the face of the friction disk 31 are formed a plurality of concentric grooves 32, 33 and 34 into one of which the eriphery of the friction wheel 29 is adapte to ride depending upon which of the grooves 28 the set screw 39 engages. -.\s the disk 31 is set upon the disk record 41 on the talking machine the pin of the talking machine table engaging the hole in the bottom of the friction disk, when the record disk revolves it will carry the friction disk around with it, causing the friction wheel 29 to revolve at a rate of speed governed by the groove in which it is traveling. The shafts 27, 25, and 23 will thus be revolved, the universal joint 2% allowing thetalking machine to be placed at any angle to the box, and the worm 5O will revolve the gear 47. When the pin 49' reaches one of the arms of the swivel plate 42 it will cause the plate to turn on its ivotand to draw one of the dogs 16 in and thrust the other one out.

The slide frame 17 is made of considerable length and a little wider than necessary to receive a film. It is composed of thebase piece 55 which has formed in it on both ends the slot 50 and hi}: 57. and the rooved sides 17 ending in the head 58 and braced and strengthened by the cross bars 18. .On the outer edges of the sides are formed the lugs 19 their lower edge being at right angles with the side of the frame and their upper edges being obliquely downward and outward. They are placed at certain intervals along the edges, the lugs on one side being between the lugs on the other side in alternate relation to each other.

The film holder is composed of a frame similar to the slide frame but without grooves or lugs, and is designed to hold the picture films and to slide into the slide frame. I may make the film holder in another way in which it may take the place of spirit of my invention, but rather adding to it. It is made from a blank stamped out as shown in Fig. 5 and the sides and ends folded over and clamped down on the film. In making this holder I may make the cut 65 Fig. 5 in the blank so that when the edge is turned-and clamped down it will bear lugs similar to those on the slide frame, along the sides. In this case the film holder by being made a little wider ma be used in place of the slide frame and Slld directly in the slide ways 2, thus eliminatin the slide frame altogether. Instead of making the cut 65 and leaving the lug 19 when the side is folded over, I may cut out the entire section 65' so that when the side is folded over there will be left the triangular recess 19.

When the slide frame 17 containing the film holder filled with a filmor when the film holder made to take the place of the slide frameis seated in the slide ways 2 with one of the dogs 16 engaging the lowermost lug, the talking machlne is started and the motion transmitted as above described will at determined intervals retract the dog on one side from engagement with the lug and thrust the dog on the other side out so as to catch the lug on that side as the slide frame falls downward and hold it there catch the next lug. It will be seen that the action is wholly automatic and cooperative with the movement of the talking machine, and that the change of view may be made uicker or slower by changing the tread of t e friction wheel to another groove in the friction disk.

Having fully described my apparatus, what I claim as my invention anddesire Letters Patent for, is

1. In an illustrating device for talking machines, the combination with a talking machine, of a projecting lantern, means in said lantern for intermittently'changing the successive views of a film before the objective, a weighted disk seated on the revolving disk of the talking machine and adapted to revolve therewith, and means for operably connecting said weighted disk with the film changing mechanism.

2. In an illustrating device for talking machines, the combination with a talking machine, of a projecting lantern, a slidable.

film holder in the lantern, means for intermittently changing the osition of said film holder in the lantern or illustrating surcessive views on the film friction drivirg means seated on the. revolving disk of the talking machine, and means for operably connecting said driving means with the film changing means in the lantern. I

3. In an illustrating device for talking machines, a projecting lantern having vertical slideways, posts proje ti g ho izontally from said l ntern on a h si of the shdlr way, a plurality of slee es of different lengthson the posts, collars on the posts, at screws in the callers, condensing lenses seated between thel sts and between the sleeves, and held vigl biyl the collars, adjustable means to atta h 1 nominating means to the endspf e n sts, means to hold a film 1n: termlttent y m the shdeways, {means to re lease an dr p lm-1n the shdeway from on p s lon to nothe and means to con-- n at h holding and releasmg means oper a we y with the record on a alkingmachine, as described.

4. In an illu trating d v e for alking naqhme rec rds, 111 wmbmation w th a p10 e mg antern and a ta king ma hine, a

shaft eperab y ediss able in l ngth, esr

and direction, a friction wheel on the she a worm on the shaft, means to operably CQII. nect the friction wheel with the talking mas chine record, holding and releasing m ans, means for holding a film intermittently in front of the rojectinfg ap aratus, means to release and (rep the m from one position to another, and means to operahly connect the worm with the holding and releasing means as described.

5. In an illustrating device for talking a hin ecor s, the comhmatleu wi h a talking machine, of a projecting lantern, a slide or film changing mechanism comprising a worm gear, a holdin and releasing plate, a film holder slidaby mounted in front of the projecting apparatus of the lantern, means for operably connecting said worm gear, said plate and said film holder, friction driving means seated on the revolving disk of the talking machine, means for opcrably connecting said drivin means with said worm gear, and means or intermittently tripping and dropping said film holder from one position in the lantern to 5 another for illustrating successive views on the film, as described.

6. In a talking machine record illustrating device, a disk adapted to fit over the central pin of a talking machine record table and rest upon the record with frictional weight and to be revolved therewith, concentric grooved tracks in the top face of said disk, a central hollow vertical stem on said disk, a s ring post resilientlv seated in said stem, a caring through said post, a downwardly held spring pin in the top of said post adapted to engage a groove in the shaft in the bearing, a shaft having a plurality of concentric grooves adapted to engage the 0 hearing, a friction wheel on the shaft adapted to resiliently engage one of the concentric tracks on the face of the disk, and means to connect said shaft with a rejecting lantern to drop a film intermittently through the lantern, as described.

7 A device for illustrating talking machine ecords, ,eempljlsing a pro ecting lantern, an ob ieotive lens in the front of the lantern, an opening in the rear of the lantern, llOIlZOIltel hollow posts on the outside of th rear of the lantern and outside of the opening, a plurality of different sized sleeves on the posts, collars on the posts outside of the leeves, set screws in the collars, a lamp holder, pins on, the lampholder to slide in the hollow posts, condensing lenses between the posts between the sleeves and held rigid by the collars being pressed against the sleeves and fastened by the set screw, a vertical slideway secured to the back of the lam torn between the opening and the osts, a slide frame adapted to slide on the sli eways, bags on both side edges of the slide frame in alternate relation to each other, a film holder adapted to Sllde in the slide frame, a film in the film holder, slots t r ugh the rear of the lantern on each side of the slideway, dogs projecting through said slots adapted to engage he lugs 0n the slide frame alternately on see side, a swivel plate pivoted to the bottom of the lantern and having the saiddogs pivoted to its face, a sprin conneotlng the two dogs, arms on the inner end the plate, a pin on gear having a hub and pivoted to the bottom of the lantern with he hu between the rms of the plate, a pm on the hub adapted to engage the said arms in its revolution, a worm journaled to the bottom of the lantern at its front end and engaging the said pinion gear, a shaft'on the worm and running out through the side of the lantern, a universal joint on the end of the shaft, a hollowed shaft connected by the universal joint to the worm shaft, a set screw in the hollow shaft, a friction wheel having a shaft on both sides, the shaft on one side telescoping in the hollow shaft and the shaft on the other side of the wheel having concentric grooves, a. friction tire on the wheel, a disk having a central opening on its under side and adapted to rest on the record of a disk talking machine and revolve with the record by its frictional weight, concentric grooved tracks on the upper face of the disk, a central hollow vertical stem on said disk, a spring post resiliently seated in said stem, a bearing through said post, a downwardly held spring pin in the top of the said post adapted to engage the grooves in the friction wheel shaft when it is in the bearing, and a talking machine with a disk record, as specified.

8. In an illustrating device for talking machines, the combination with a talking machine, of a projecting lantern, an elongated picture film containing a plurality of views and adapted to illustrate the subject matter of a talking machine record, means for holding said film, means for intermittently changing the position of the film in the lantern for illustrating successive views, a friction driving means seated on the revolving disk ot a talking machine, and means for operably connecting the driving means with the film changing mechanism, as described.

9. In an illustrating device for talking machines, the combination with a talking machine, of a projecting lantern, an elongated picture film containing a plurality of views and Zldtl7td to illustrate the subject matter of a talking machine record, means for holding said film, means for intermittently dropping said film from one position to another before the objective lens of said lantern for illustrating successive views on the film, a friction driving means seated on the revolving disk of the talking machine and a shaft adjustable relative to its length and having a universal joint, as means for transmitting motion from said driving means to the film changing mechanism, as described.

10. In an illustrating device for talking machines, the combination with a talking machine, of a projecting lantern, a film holding means, a film changing mechanism, means for operably connecting said holding means with said film changing mechanism, a Weighted disk adapted to seat on the revolving disk of a talking machine, a shaft adjustable relative to its length and having a universal joint, and connected at one end to the film changing mechanism, a plurality of concentric grooves in the top of said weighted disk, a pulley on the other end of said shaft adapted to engage one of said grooves for transmitting motion from the machine to film in the lantern, as described.

11. In an illustrating device for talking machines, the combination with a talking machine, of a projecting lantern, a film slidable in said lantern, a film holding plate adapted to slide vertically before the objective lens of said lantern, means for tripping and dropping said holding plate intermittently from one position to another in the lantern, a frictional and adjustable driving mechanism adapted to operably connect the record of a talking machine with said film changing mechanism for intermittently and successively changing the views in the lantern.

HENRY SEEMANN.

Witnesses:

J. E. BOOKSTAVER, A. L. KRAYBILL. 

